Steam washing-machine.



No. 834,382. 4 PATENTED OCT. 30, 190

IL- JOHN. i STEAM WASHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 901-28. 1903.

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No.-834,382. PATENTBD 0011-30, 1906.

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STEAM WASHING'MAGHINE.

APPLICATION FILED OOTJZB. 1903.

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HUGO JOHN, or ILVERSGEHOFEN, NEAR ERFURT, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR To THE SOHORNSTEIN-AUFSATZ UND BLECHWAREN-FABRIK J. A. JOHN AKTIEN-GESELLSCHAFT, or 1LVERSGEHOFEN, NEAR ERFURT,

GERMANY.

STEAM WASHING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 30, 1906.

Application filed October 28,1903. Serial No. 178,829.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HUGO JOHN, a subject of the German Emperor, and a resident of Ilversgehofen, near Erfurt, Germany, have invented an Improved Steam Washing-Machine, of which the following is a specification.

The annexed drawings, given by way of example, show aspecies of a washing-machine of this description which takes u a very little space indeed and which can e used as a kitchen-stove.

Figure 1 shows a side view of the machine. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section thereof. Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken in a plane at ninety degrees to that of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on A B of Fig. 3, showing the stoves interior with grate. Fig. 5 is a horizontal plan view of the washing-machine with the cover taken 01f. Fig. 6 is a sectional detail of an improved form of bearing, showing the journal of the washing-drum seated therein; and Fig. 7 is an end view thereof. Fig. 8 shows an elevation of the Washing-machine and heating device belonging thereto packed up.

The heating device 1 of the washing-machine is su ported upon four inclined legs 3, between WlilCll when the Washing-machine is packed up are laced the recipient 2 and cover 4. The cinder-box 5 fits freely into the fireplaces 8 with the fire-pot 6 and grill 7 and is placed therein when the machine is packed up, Figs. 1, 2, 8. The late 9 above the fireplace 8 is provided with an opening 10, through which the base 11 projects, the latter. extending into saidfireplace. The bottom 14 of the recipient 2 bears u on the plate 9, so that it is heated u on the argest possible surface and can at a 1 times be easily lifted off from the fire.

To prevent the combustion-gases from immediately escaping through the chimney, a fire-bridge 16 is arranged upon the side of the stove 6 immediately in front of the chimney 15. This bridge by retarding the roducts of combustion permits a more comp ete utilization of the heat units thereof.

The grill 7 is arranged inside the fire-pot,

so as to be easily withdrawn therefrom. Grills of different openings may be used for the pur ose of using the heating device for all com ustibles.

The hollow spindle 17- of the washing-drum 12 is placed in two lugs 18, bent in ahalfcircle, the up er ends whereof are connected to the lateral lugs 19, which partially surround with their lower ends 20 the edge of the recipient 2, to which they are fixed by means of lug 21. The lateral lugs 19 are 6 made in a single piece with their fixture-lugs 21, Figs. 6 and 7. By this arrangement the fixture of the washing-drum is rendered very lasting and solid. The friction is decreased to the utmost degree.

If it be desired to utilize the heating device 1 of the washing-machine as a kitchen-stove, the recipient 2, with the drum 12 and cover 4, is lifted off the plate 9, and the opening 10 is closed in the usual manner by means of rings fitting one into the other.

The washing-machine just described and which can be heated by any means can therefore be used as kitchen-stove by taking ofl the washing device, while com letely utilizing the gases of combustion. y reason of its construction it can be packed into the smallest possible space. I

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is v In an apparatus of the character herein'set forth the combination of a heating device provided with legs; a removable recipient mounted upon said heating device, said recifpie'nt being made substantially in the form 0 an inverted truncated pyramid, andhaving a similarly-sha ed cover thereon; a washing-drum mounted in said recipient, said recipient adapted to fit closely between said legs to effect the saving of space when the parts of the device are packed for shipping, substantially as described.

HUGO JOHN. 

